Cultivator.



L. KANYO.

GULTIVATOR. APPLICATION FILED MARJS, 191g.

' Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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GULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1912.

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Patented Sept l I 4 l 1 COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH I.

LOUIS KANYO, 0F ALBANY, LOUISIANA.

CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. so, 1913.

Application filed March 18, 1912. Serial No. 684,431.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS KANYo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the parish of Livingston and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cultivators, and it consists inthe constructions, combinations and arrangements herein described andclaimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved cultivator, inwhich the disks can be readily shifted to throw the dirt at any desiredangle, either toward or away from the plants, and adjusted for effectiveoperation on hill-sides or for cultivating rows of listed plants.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and inwhich similar reference symbols indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views :Figure 1 is a plan view, illustrating one embodiment ofmy invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of one of thecultivator standards and its adjustable supports; and Fig. 3 is asection on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a horizontal cultivator frameprovided with a cross member 2, and having a swingle-tree 3 and shafts 4secured thereto; if desired, a pole and double-trees can be substitutedfor the shaft and swingle tree. Guiding handles 1* are shown bolted tothe frame member 2 and to supporting braces 1 on the frame.

Blocks 5 are provided with grooves for slidably. receiving the rearframe member, and with concentric slots 6 for receiving clamping bolts 7extending through the vertical heads 8 of angular brackets; saidbrackets being provided with set screws 9 for locking them in positionon said frame. Standards 10 are provided with upper flanges 11 which areprovided with series of holes 12 adapted to receive bolts 13 foradjustably securing said standards to the heads 14: of said brackets; bythis construction, the brackets and standards can be angularly adj ustedin planes perpendicular to each other. Eyes 15 are secured to the frame1 for engaging the hooks of chains 16 attached to apertured lugs 17 onthe standards 10 for firmly bracing the latter in all adjusted pothat myinvention provides an improved:

cultivator, in which the flanges 11 can be adjusted on the bracket heads14 to throw dirt either toward or away from the plants at any desiredangle, and the bracket heads 8 angularly adjusted on the blocks 5 toshift the cultivator disks into suitable position for eflectiveoperation on hill-sides or for cult-ivating rows of listed plants. Thesliding blocks 5 can be secured at any desired space apart on thehorizontal frame 1, and any well known form of deflector 23 can bebolted to the frame member 2 for protecting the plants during hilling ofa crop.

In a cultivator the combination of a frame; a block having a groovereceiving a member of the frame, and provided with concentric slots; anangular bracket having one part thereof pivotally mounted on said framemember and disposed against a surface of the block, and a horizontallydisposed part providing a support; saidifirst named bracket providing asupport; said first named bracket part having slots registering with theslots of the block; bolts passing through said registering slots forsecuring the bracket in vertically adjusted positions; a standardprovided with a flange swiveled on the horizontally disposed part of thebracket, said flange provided with a series of perforations; a boltpassing through said horizontal part and one of said flange perforationsadapted to secure the standard in horizontally adjusted positions; andground treating tools on said standard substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS KANYO. Witnesses:

STEVE REsE'rAR, ALEX NEMETH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

